v_public_cross_tradition_links: 54

The comparative-religion core — every link where one tradition's figure is received, syncretised, equated, or recognised as a cognate of another tradition's (reception_of, received_as, syncretized_with, identified_with, equated_with, aligned_with, cult_form_of). 577 connections across the religions of the ancient and late-antique world.

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rowid	entity	tradition	relationship_type	linked_entity	linked_tradition	confidence	rationale	source_id
54	Anahit	Armenian	reception_of	Anahita	Zoroastrian	high	Anahit is the Armenian reception of Zoroastrian Anahita (Avestan: Arədvī Sūrā Anāhitā — "the Moist, Strong, Immaculate"). Name derivation is regular and secure. Both are water, fertility, and war-victory deities; both receive royal patronage. Russell (1987) pp. 121-250 provides the definitive analysis. The transformation from Anahita to Anahit involved absorption of Hellenistic Artemis characteristics (virginity, hunting) and greater prominence as national deity.	SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA